Known for consistent courtroom success, Gary B. Mims has practiced law since 1980. He was a defense litigator for 20 years, defending a heavy schedule of trials involving automobile, trucking, train and other transportation accidents and a wide variety of personal injury cases. He developed a special interest and significant experience in medical malpractice, first from the defense side, and since 1999, as a plaintiff's attorney. He has successfully represented clients in complicated medical cases involving failure to diagnose cancer, defective joint prostheses, anesthesia-related injuries and weight-loss drugs. Gary has also successfully represented clients suffering injury...

Nominated Best Advocate in the Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) National Trial Competition, Vance brings both an academic skillset and courtroom training to the firm. Additionally, Vance was part of his law school’s highly competitive Honors Moot Court team, and excelled to the point of being elected to serve on Santa Clara’s Honors Moot Court Board of Directors. Vance also possesses a noteworthy assortment of criminal and civil law expertise via his work at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, Sunnyvale City Attorney’s Office, and as an Associate for Lexis Nexis Legal Research. A native Texan, Vance sat...

Jonathan Shapiro is a partner attorney at Greenspun Shapiro PC in Fairfax, Virginia. He is also a law professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Jonathan has practiced criminal defense for over 44 years.

Since age 8, my dream has been to be an attorney. The past three years of practice have only strengthened my desire to represent my clients and fight for their best interests as zealously as possible. I believe in thoroughly investigating my clients' cases, researching the issues that may arise at trial, and being as prepared as possible in order to best represent the individuals who rely on my services. I bring my passion and commitment to each client's case, and I will do everything that's ethical, reasonable, and possible to achieve the best results in any case.

Robert Katz is one of the leading personal injury attorneys in the nation. For three decades, he has built one of the most successful personal injury practices. His practice employs six attorneys with approximately one hundred years combined experience as well as ten paralegals. He has obtained in excess of two hundred million dollars in compensation for his clients. He enjoys the highest peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Katz prides himself in having developed the loyalty of many immigrant groups including the Asian, Spanish, African, Middle-Eastern, and many other populations that reside in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Mr. Katz is currently a...

Robert T. Hall is one of the founding partners at Hall & Sethi, PLC. He received his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown in 1964. Since that time, he has successfully litigated numerous cases and helped clients recover the compensation they deserve. His efforts have gained him multiple recognitions including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, inclusion in Super Lawyers®, and many more. For over 40 years, individuals have turned to Attorney Hall to help them seek justice. As an active member in the legal community, he is part of many distinguished organizations...

Samantha Sledd is a dedicated personal injury attorney in Reston, working at Hall & Sethi, PLC. She commits her career to giving a voice to injury victims who have suffered because of negligence, misconduct, or criminal actions of others. She attended Elon University, where she graduated cum laude with her Bachelor’s. She went on to receive her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from Indiana University School of Law. She is an advocate of all people, not just the rich and affluent. She believes everyone deserves justice under the law and works to ensure that happens. She is a member of...

Thomas Soldan is a personal injury and criminal defense attorney practicing in Virginia. Thomas has spent his career fighting for the rights of those injured due to the negligence of another, or charged with criminal offenses. Mr. Soldan has handled a wide variety of criminal cases including, but not limited to DUI offenses, drug charges, assault charges, larceny offenses, as well as domestic violence charges. Common types of personal injury cases Mr. Soldan handles include slips and falls, products liability, medical negligence, as well as car accident cases to name a few. Mr. Soldan received his law degree from the...

Peter Biberstein in a personal injury attorney who represents clients throughout the metropolitan areas of DC and Virginia. Biberstein has experience handling a variety of injury cases including personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and more. In addition to his legal experience, Biberstein finds fulfillment in helping those who have been injured and takes pride in building strong relationships with each of his clients. He earned his B.A. from the University of Kansas where he graduated in the top 10 percent of his class and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

Adam W. Smith is a principal with McCandlish and Lillard whose litigation practice is concentrated in the representation of self-insureds, health care providers, insurance companies, and other clients in the defense of products liability, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and general tort liability claims. Mr. Smith graduated from Ohio State University with honors in 1986, and received his J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University with high distinction in 1989. He is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1990), the Supreme Court of Ohio (1989), the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and District...

Experienced personal injury, motor vehicle accident and workers compensation attorneys with more than 23 years of experience with proven results. Will fight for every penny for our clients and give your case the attention that it deserves. We accept all cases large and small and are available to call for a free consultation 24 hours/day at 703-268-9366. Brandon Gladstone, Esquire Partner, Becker, Kellogg & Berry, P.C. 5501 Backlick Road, Suite 220 Springfield, VA 22151 703-256-1300 University of Virginia (B.S. Commerce 1990) Indiana University Law School (J.D. 1993) Licensed in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.

Brian R. Sanderson joined McCandlish & Lillard in 1997, and became a principal with the firm in 2004. He received his undergraduate degree from James Madison University in 1989, and his Juris Doctor degree from George Mason University School of Law in 1996. He is a member of the Bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Charles B. Roberts is a personal injury and wrongful death attorney with over 30 years of experience in the practice of personal injury law. During this time, he has won numerous million dollar personal injury cases and received multiple awards, including being selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of the " Capital Regions' Premier Personal Injury Attorneys". He was also named a " A Top Trial Lawyer in America " by the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Mr. Roberts' representative clients have included NFL football players, most notably a Pittsburgh Steelers/Super Bowl winning running back, a...

James M. Johnson graduated from James Madison University in with degrees in Biology and Economics. He received his Juris Doctor from the George Mason School of Law. James Johnson has worked at the outstanding law firms of Pfitzner & Morley, Johnson Ford Law, and now he is the managing attorney at the Johnson Law Firm, PC. He is admitted to practice in all Virginia courts, as well as the Federal and Bankruptcy courts of the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia.

Jim Parrish is an attorney that focuses on personal injury and accident cases. Jim was a former partner of one of the oldest trial law firms and worked with two members of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Jim is a graduate of the University of Virginia which consistently ranks among the "Top Ten" law schools in the nation. Jim hard work and reputation is visible through the awards his law firm has won such as the 2014 and 2016 Avvo Clients Choice Award and the Client Satisfaction Award from the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys.

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